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The impact of Cyclone Ivor on coral reefs of the northern Great Barrier Reef (1990)
In July 1990, surveys were conducted at 46 sites, covering a 300 km section of the northern Great Barrier Reef, located to the north and south of the track of Cyclone Ivor,... -
Baseline coral and benthic cover surveys of Keppel Islands reefs, Great...
A total of 20 survey sites were chosen using a combination of high resolution aerial photographs and local knowledge, to ensure that all significant reef systems in the central... -
Coral growth characteristics of massive Porites, Misima Island, Papua New Guinea
Colonies of massive Porites corals were collected in March 1994 from 10 transects established by Natural Systems Research (NSR) Environmental Consultants on the fringing reefs... -
Zooplankton, planktivorous fish and currents at Davies Reef, Great Barrier Reef
On each sampling date (10-18 August, 10-18 September, 1-9 November, 1-4 December 1976, and 18-23 May 1977) during the 2-3 h of peak flow of the ebb and flood tides, fine-scale... -
Hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the north Queensland coast and Great...
Reef sediments were collected from the lagoons of Feather Reef, Gilby Reef and Potter Reef on 7-8 February 1986, about 5 days after Cyclone Winifred had passed through the... -
Coral communities at Scott Reef and Rowley Shoals, Western Australia
In August/September 1993, surveys of coral community composition and structure were carried out at Scott Reefs (North Scott Reef and South Scott Reef) and two reefs in the... -
Effect of substrate type on population dynamics and growth of coral reef...
The influence of substrate type on the ecology of the sponges Coscinoderma matthewsi and Hyrtios erecta was examined on the coral reefs at Masig Island and Kodall Island, in... -
Rate of decomposition of crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, on...
The decomposition of 67 crown-of-thorns starfish was monitored in 2 m x 2 m permanent quadrats established at John Brewer Reef in September 1985 and Little Broadhurst Reef in... -
The effects of sediments contaminated with antifoulant paint on coral...
On 2 November 2000, the 184 m cargo ship, Bunga Teratai Satu, ran aground on Sudbury Reef, on the Great Barrier Reef and remained grounded for 12 days. The ship was re-floated... -
Parasites of billfish in eastern Australian waters
Fifty-two sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus), 63 black marlin (Makaira indica) , 1 blue marlin (Makaira mazara) and 3 striped marlin (Tetrapterus audax) were examined for... -
Abundance, distribution and trophic potential of cryptofauna at Davies Reef,...
The major groups of motile cryptofauna inhabiting dead coral substrata across a transect at Davies Reef were quantified in terms of abundance, biomass and density.Samples of... -
Direct determination of organic carbon in modern reef sediments and...
Over 200 modern sediment samples were obtained from nearshore stations in Bowling Green Bay and stations located across the inner and middle shelf regions of the central Great... -
Comparison of phosphorus and nitrogen in sediments, the water column, corals...
Water, sediment, algae and coral samples were collected between July 1980 and March 1981, over a wide range of sites at Davies Reef in the central Great Barrier Reef for... -
Cross shelf distribution and abundance of larval fishes in the central Great...
In the 90/91 fish breeding season, four cross-shelf cruises (October, November, December and January), each lasting 10 days were undertaken in the central Great Barrier Reef.... -
Recruitment of sponges and other sessile organisms in central Torres Strait,...
A study of recruitment of marine invertebrates around Masig Island and Marsden Island, in central Torres Strait commenced in November 2006 and ended in November 2008.Terracotta... -
Saxitoxin in octopi from Cooke Point, Port Hedland, Western Australia
Octopus (Abdopus) sp. 5 were collected from a reef flat at Cooke Point, Port Hedland in northern Western Australia. The octopi had a body size of between 5-6 cm and tentacle... -
Temperature effects on the development and metamorphosis of larvae of...
In August 2004, an experiment was conducted to test the effects of temperature on larval development and metamorphosis for the solitary coral, Fungia repanda, collected from a... -
Response of herbivorous fish to crown-of-thorns-starfish, Acanthaster...
Three adjacent pairs of reefs, located in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef were chosen for this study. One reef of each pair had been impacted by a crown-of-thorns... -
Spatial and structural patterns of benthic communities on reefs of the...
Surveys of benthic communities were carried out at Davies Reef, a mid-shelf reef, and Myrmidon Reef, an outer-shelf reef in the central region of the Great Barrier Reef. On each... -
Nutrient excretion by the coral reef holothurians, Stichopus chloronotus and...
Excretion experiments were conducted at the Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef with the common holothurians Stichopus chloronotus and Holothuria atra,...